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Races 17/18/19 - Hidden Valley I Editorial
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Mixed challenge in Darwin This weekend’s Skycity Triple Crown at Hidden Valley marks the first event of the year in which teams will be required to use both compounds of Dunlop control tyre in the same race.
Hidden valley EDITOR: Stefan Bartholomaeus
Saturday’s 60/60 Super Sprint will be run solely on the hards, while softs can be used in the Sunday qualifying sessions and must be used in each of the two 100km Sunday races. How to best utilise the tyre bank over the course of a weekend has been a major talking point all year thanks to the late slashing of the allocations in the name of cost reduction. Last time out in Austin we saw the laughable spectacle of cars howling around a dry track on wets during practice in order save tyres for the rest of the weekend. Thankfully, the return of pre-marked tyres for practice in Darwin should at least put that out of the equation.
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Regardless, Hidden Valley poses similar challenges to Barbagallo in terms of high degradation; increasing the scope for seeing greater variations in strategy.
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Starting on the hard or the soft are both genuine options here. Last year’s 120km Saturday race saw 11 start on the softs, with the likes of FPR, HRT and BJR all prepared to take the gamble.
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In truth, either strategy can be destroyed by a Safety Car, depending on when it falls, which is a particularly pertinent point considering the frequency of full course yellows here over recent years. In 2013 the teams have the added issue of not being able to make a quick rollcentre tweak in the pitstops thanks to the move from the venerable live axle to the independent rear end with the Car of the Future. Although this has obviously also been the case during the pitstop races so far this year in Adelaide, Albert Park and Barbagallo - having to pre-set the car’s roll-centres to deal with two tyre compounds without the safety net of the mid-race change mechanism is a new challenge. Triple Eight was sublime in Darwin last year, taking a double victory through Jamie Whincup (Saturday) and Craig Lowndes (Sunday). Those performances broke a seven race winning streak from FPR and kicked off an 11 race unbroken run for Triple Eight. With Whincup having won five of the last six races heading into Hidden Valley in 2013, another sweep from Triple Eight this weekend would be a major blow to the opposition.
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Races 17/18/19 - Hidden Valley I Cover Story
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In the hunt
Will Davison has kept his title hopes afloat during a difficult start to 2013
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t’s been and up and down season so far for Ford Performance Racing’s Will Davison.
The 30-year-old sits third in points heading into Hidden Valley. Lacking the outright pace of the front-runners, particularly in qualifying, Davison has won just one of the first 16 races - a stark contrast to 2012, where he took six of the first 11. Aside from a puncture in the opening race at Barbagallo, consistency had been the hallmark of Davison’s 2013 season prior to a difficult weekend last time out in Austin. Speedcafe.com’s Stefan Bartholomaeus spoke to the 2009 Bathurst 1000 winner about his quest for a maiden championship title. SPEEDCAFE: Will, from the outside it’s been hard to know what to make of your season so far. How have you seen it? WILL DAVISON: It’s been a little disappointing to be honest, so where I am
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in the points (third) is probably all in all not a bad position to be.
and the two Brad Jones Racing cars? Or is it too early to be calling that?
We’ve certainly not been fast enough. Comparing to last year we haven’t been quite competitive enough, but we’ve been able to keep in there and keep ourselves in the hunt.
DAVISON: Well, we’ve obviously seen that all the Triple Eight cars and the BJR cars, which have Triple Eight parts, have been the most competitive cars at the start of the season.
We’ve had to dig out of a hole on a few occasions when we’ve been in bad shape in practice but still dig deep and score some really good points.
Triple Eight definitely took it up a notch in Austin, but we’ve kept ourselves in there and on paper I’m well and truly in the hunt.
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It certainly hasn’t been coming that easy. Everyone has had to work hard on their cars this year, but there seems to have been some cars and teams that have rolled out a bit quicker than us. We’ve made progress but the process of getting speed out of it certainly hasn’t ended. We’re working hard on understanding and getting on top of the problems we have. SPEEDCAFE: Do you see the championship as a battle between five now with yourself, the two Red Bull cars
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I think it’s pretty clear that we’ve got a lot more room for improvement than those guys. They’re going to talk up the fact that they’re going to get better and better but realistically their starting platform has been higher than ours. I’m very confident that we’ve got more room for improvement then them and we’re only going to get stronger as the year goes on. Just because the last round or two looks like it’s status quo from last year (with Triple Eight winning), I don’t think that’s going to be the case. The Triple Eight guys are still going to have days that aren’t as good as others and we’re still going to see other players in there. FPR and HRT are still going to have their days in the sun, and Tekno and BJR have stepped it up a level this year. There are still a lot of cars in there at any given day, I don’t think we’ll see anyone run away with it. SPEEDCAFE: Was Austin a big blow for you? DAVISON: I was certainly disappointed with Austin, going in there just behind Whincup in second to be now 200 points behind in third. I was really angry with myself for the mistake I made in the last race (colliding with Scott McLaughlin), but when things like that happen I only knuckle down harder than ever.
DAVISON: Yes, sometimes you have a frustrating weekend racing and then when you have a week off, you reflect on things and become super excited to come home and get stuck into it. I can see that a lot of the boys feel the same way. Everyone left Austin a little dejected, went their own way and now have come back with a fantastic vibe. You can see that everyone is really keen to go racing and now bounce back. It’s not just a matter of working hard, everybody does that, but you’ve got to work smart, and we’ve got a lot of smart people here. SPEEDCAFE: Lastly, you tested at Winton in the lead-up to Darwin. How did it go? DAVISON: I think it was a really good test. You never get carried away with testing but track conditions were perfect and the car felt good all day. We made a lot of positive changes and I really enjoyed the car which is always a good sign. We tried some very interesting things on the car and they were quite promising so it was good to get such a positive response. I am really excited to continue working with those new developments for the next few races so I can’t wait to get to Darwin.
It definitely hurt, but there’s no doubt that the year is still going to be up and down for most people. We’ve got to make sure that the next few rounds for me are really solid.
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I’m going to make sure I use those three races to my advantage this year whereas last year they were my Achilles Heel. SPEEDCAFE: Everyone talks about going home and working hard after bad weekends, but was it good to get away for a bit of a holiday after Austin? FPR certainly had a large representation at the Indy 500...
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Races 17/18/19 - Hidden Valley I Circuit Info
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Hidden Valley Raceway Location: Hidden Valley, Darwin Length: 2.29 kilometres Direction: Anti-clockwise Average speed: 149km/h Maximum speed: 271km/h Fastest Point: Front Straight Slowest Point: Turn 1 Circuit Description South of Darwin, the Hidden Valley circuit features a long front straight and the second half of the lap requires a car that changes direction very well. The warm conditions mean tyre conservation will be critical to determining the race results. V8 Supercars Qualifying Lap Record: Jason Bright, Holden Commodore VX, 1m07.8546s, 2002 V8 Supercars Race Lap Record: Jason Bright, Ford Falcon AU, 1m09.0149s, 1999
Event Format: Friday: Practice: 4 x 30 min Saturday: Qualifying: 1 x 20 min, 1 x Top 10 Shootout Race: 1 x 60/60 Super Sprint Sunday: Qualifying: 2 x 15 min Race: 2 x 100km Tyre Format: Teams will use a combination of soft and hard tyres. Teams will have 12 new hard and eight new softs available to them for the weekend. Saturday will be the sole domain of the hard tyre, while both compounds must be used at some point in each of the two Sunday races.
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Races 17/18/19 - Hidden Valley I Did You Know
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upercheap Auto Racing’s Russell Ingall won the inaugural V8 Supercar event at Hidden Valley back in 1998, so it’s perhaps appropriate he racks up an important career milestone in Darwin. Ingall will start his 225th Australian Touring Car Championship/ V8 Supercars Championship event in the Northern Territory, drawing him level with Hall of Famer John Bowe for the record of most starts in ATCC/V8SC history. The 2005 V8 Supercar champion, Ingall has competed in a total of 521 races across 224 events, claiming 27 race wins, 38 podiums and a single pole position. Ingall is one of three drivers - along with Garth Tander and Craig Lowndes - to have competed in every Hidden Valley event. Bowe will be present in Darwin to see Ingall equal his record. The 1995 Australian Touring Car Champion will be competing in the Touring Car Masters category in his Ford Mustang.
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he likelihood of the Pedders STP Chrysler Safety Car making an appearance at Hidden Valley has soared in recent years.
46.3% of all V8 Supercars Championship races in Darwin since 1998 have seen the Safety Car on-track at some stage. However, since 2007, Safety Cars have appeared in 71.4% of V8 Supercar races at Hidden Valley - a marked increase.
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Since 2001 there has only been one event - 2010 - where the Safety Car was not called upon in any of the races over the weekend.
ord has dominated Hidden Valley qualifying in recent years with Falcon drivers claiming the last six pole positions straight since 2010.
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Of those, Ford Performance Racing has taken five (three to Mark Winterbottom and two to Will Davison), but only been able to convert those five poles into just one race win (Winterbottom, Saturday 2010). The other Ford pole position was taken by Alex Davison, who claimed his first - and so far only - V8 Supercar pole in Darwin on Sunday in 2010 for Stone Brothers Racing. Davison is now part of the four-car line-up run by FPR driving the #18 Jeld-Wen FPR Falcon.
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roughts are bad news for farmers and they are just as bad for V8 Supercar teams that have gone without a win for a while.
At present, the longest drought for a team in the championship (that has previously won a race) sits with Dick Johnson Racing - 75 races have come and gone since their last race win at Sydney in 2010 with Jonathon Webb (who ran the team’s third car that season). There have been 62 races since Erebus Motorsport V8 - formerly known as Stone Brothers Racing - took victory (the last in Darwin in 2011 with Shane van Gisbergen), while the Holden Racing Team is winless over the last 54 championship races since Bathurst 2011.
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he most evenly matched team has been the Holden Racing Team with Garth Tander and James Courtney 8-8 so far. Their Walkinshaw Racing stable mate Russell Ingall has out-qualified the ‘red’ pair on just one occasion this year.
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eating your teammate is the first task of any V8 Supercar driver and the head-to-head qualifying numbers in 2013 show that, generally, it’s a lop-sided fight so far in most teams. The biggest ‘win’ so far has been Jamie Whincup over Craig Lowndes - 13-3 in the champion’s favour. Fabian Coulthard has dominated BJR teammates Jason Bright and David Wall (11-5-0), while Mark Winterbottom is on top of Will Davison at the Pepsi Max Crew in qualifying (12-4), despite trailing his teammate by five positions and 143 points in the actual championship. Winterbottom is the only driver that has out-qualified his teammate overall this year over 16 races but sits behind him in the championship pointscore. Scott McLaughlin has the upper-hand at Fujitsu Racing
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GRM over Alex Premat (10-6), while Shane van Gisbergen has out-paced Tekno Autosports teammate Jonathon Webb to the score of 11-5. Rick Kelly has dominated brother Todd 11-5 while Norton Nissan pilot James Moffat has the same stat against his stable mate Michael Caruso. However across all four Nissan Motorsport pilots, Rick leads the way 7-5-3-1 over Moffat, Todd and Caruso. Lee Holdsworth has been the ‘form’ qualifier at Erebus Motorsport V8 (11-3-2 against Tim Slade and Maro Engel), while Chaz Mostert’s arrival of Dick Johnson Racing has blown Tim Blanchard away given the new comer has out-qualified the latter for all seven races so far as teammates. Scott Pye leads Dean Fiore 7-5 at Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport given Pye missed the Pukekohe event.
6. The soft Dunlop tyre and the 60/60 Super Sprint format will make a return to the V8 Supercars Championship in Darwin after neither was used in the last event in Austin, Texas. Each driver will have eight soft and 12 hard Dunlop tyres to use across qualifying and the three races at Hidden Valley. Drivers will only be permitted to use the hard tyre for the 60/60 Super Sprint on Saturday (Race 17 of the 2013 V8 Supercars Championship), which will be made up of two halves each of 21 laps. Drivers will have to use both soft and hard tyres in Race 18 on Sunday and then again in Race 19 later that afternoon. Each Sunday race will be 35 laps in duration.
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Races 17/18/19 - Hidden Valley I Team Profiles
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The Bagman says...
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f anyone was doubting it following Barbagallo, Austin showed that Triple Eight is once again in dominant form. Jamie Whincup should be the firm favourite for Hidden Valley. He’s won five of the last six races in the 2013 championship and scored four of the last five pole positions. His qualifying has been outstanding all season; entering Hidden Valley with an average of starting position of 2.1. Only twice has Whincup started outside the top three in the 16 races held so far. Whincup and team-mate Craig Lowndes shared the wins at Hidden Valley last year,
while Barbagallo proved their 2013generation cars have the tyre life to match the very best. As has been the case for much of the season FPR and BJR should be Triple Eight’s strongest competition this weekend. FPR joined fellow factory team HRT in testing at Winton since Austin, which could help see both teams take the next step. BJR elected not to test, with Jason Bright travelling to Darwin via Le Mans, where he has been testing the Ferrari he will race in the 24 Hours the week after Hidden Valley. Bright was at sea with set-up for much of the Austin weekend but team-mate Fabian
Coulthard was as strong as ever and will undoubtedly contend again here. Of the rest, Shane van Gisbergen continues to threaten the top runners inside the top 10 and has happy memories of Hidden Valley following his win here in 2011. The Nissans and Mercedes will all struggle down the long main straight, but the former’s cars should prove competitive enough in the corners to be fighting for the top 10 scraps regardless. They’ll all be chasing Triple Eight, though, who appear as strong as ever just five events into the category’s ‘new era’.
2013 V8 Supercars entry list Year
Driver
Team
Car
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Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Holden Commodore VF
2
Garth Tander
Holden Racing Team
Holden Commodore VF
3
Tony D’Alberto
Tony D’Alberto Racing
Holden Commodore VF
4
Lee Holdsworth
Erebus Motorsport
Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG W212
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Mark Winterbottom
Ford Performance Racing
Ford Falcon FG
6
Will Davison
Ford Performance Racing
Ford Falcon FG
7
Todd Kelly
Nissan Motorsport
Nissan Altima
8
Jason Bright
Brad Jones Racing
Holden Commodore VF
9
Maro Engel
Erebus Motorsport
Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG W212
12
Chaz Mostert
Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Falcon FG
14
Fabian Coulthard
Brad Jones Racing
Holden Commodore VF
15
Rick Kelly
Nissan Motorsport
Nissan Altima L33
17
Tim Blanchard
Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Falcon FG
18
Alex Davison
Ford Performance Racing
Ford Falcon FG
19
Jonathon Webb
Tekno Autosports
Holden Commodore VF
21
David Wall
Brad Jones Racing
Holden Commodore VF
22
James Courtney
Holden Racing Team
Holden Commodore VF
33
Scott McLaughlin
Garry Rogers Motorsport
34
Alexandre Premat
Garry Rogers Motorsport
36
Michael Caruso
Nissan Motorsport
Nissan Altima L33
47
Tim Slade
Erebus Motorsport
Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG W212
55
David Reynolds
Ford Performance Racing
Ford Falcon FG
66
Russell Ingall
Walkinshaw Racing
Holden Commodore VF
80
Scott Pye
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
Holden Commodore VF
88
Dean Fiore
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
Holden Commodore VF
91
Shane van Gisbergen
Tekno Autosports
Holden Commodore VF
360
James Moffat
Nissan Motorsport
Nissan Altima L33
888
Craig Lowndes
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Holden Commodore VF
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Triple Eight Race Engineering Car: Holden Commodore VF Chassis: Triple Eight Race Engineering Engines: KRE Base: Banyo, Queensland Team principal: Roland Dane Team manager: Adrian Burgess Race engineer #1: Mark Dutton Race engineer #888: Jeromy Moore Championships: 4 (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012)
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Team: Red Bull Racing Australia Date of Birth: 6 February 1983 Born: Melbourne, Victoria Lives: Gold Coast, Queensland V8SC debut: Queensland, 2002 V8SC race wins: 70 Best championship finish: 1st (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012) Other career highlights: 1st 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2012 Bathurst 1000, 1st 2007 Sandown 500, 2002 Australian Formula Ford Champion Twitter: @jamiewhincup
Team: Red Bull Racing Australia Born: 21 June 1974 Born: Melbourne, Victoria Lives: Wamuran, Queensland V8SC debut: Calder Park, 1996 V8SC race wins: 91 Best Championship finish: 1st (1996, 1998, 1999) Other career highlights: 1996, 1998 & 1999 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 1996, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010 Bathurst 1000, 1993 Australian Formula Ford Champion Twitter: @craiglowndes888
Jamie Whincup
Craig Lowndes
2013 averages Qualifying:
2.1
Race:
5.0
2013 averages Qualifying:
5.8
Race:
6.6
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Walkinshaw Racing Car: Holden Commodore VF Chassis: Walkinshaw Racing Engines: Walkinshaw Racing Base: Clayton, Victoria Team principal: Steve Hallam Performance director: Tony Dowe Race engineers #2: Scott Sinclair/Jason Bush Race engineers #22: Rob Starr/Alastair McVean Race engineers #66: Rob Starr/Bryce Seals Championships: 6 (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007)
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#22
Team: Holden Racing Team Date of Birth: March 31, 2977 Born: Perth, Western Australia Lives: Melbourne Victoria V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 1998 V8SC race wins: 50 Best championship finish: 1st (2007) Other career highlights: 1st 2000, 2009 & 2011 Bathurst 1000, 1997 Australian Formula Ford Champion Twitter: @garthtander
Team: Holden Racing Team Date of Birth: June 29, 1980 Born: Penrith, New South Wales Lives: Gold Coast, Queensland V8SC debut: Sandown, 2005 V8SC race wins: 9 Best Championship finish: 1st (2010) Other career highlights: 2001 British Formula Ford Champion, 2002 Jaguar F1 test driver, 2000 British Formula Ford Champion Twitter: @JCourtney01
Garth Tander
James Courtney
2013 averages Qualifying:
11.5
Race:
7.9
2013 averages Qualifying:
11.1
Race:
10.6
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Tony D’Alberto Racing Car: Holden Commodore VF Chassis: Walkinshaw Racing Engines: Walkinshaw Racing Base: Ringwood, Victoria Team principal: Al D’Alberto Team manager: Dylan Napier Race engineer #3: Joe Sasso/Terry Kerr Championships: 0
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#3
Team: Supercheap Auto Racing Date of Birth: February 24, 1964 Born: London, England Lives: Gold Coast, Queensland V8SC debut: Calder, 1996 V8SC race wins: 27 Best Championship finish: 1st (2005) Other career highlights: 1st 1995 & 1997 Bathurst 1000,1st 1998 Sandown 500 & 1999 Queensland 500, 1993 British Formula Ford Champion Twitter: @russellingall
Team: Team Hiflex Date of Birth: December 9, 1985 Born: Melbourne, Victoria Lives: Melbourne, Victoria V8SC debut: Sandown, 2005 V8SC race wins: 0 Best Championship finish: 20th (2010) Other career highlights: 1st 2007 V8 Supercars Development Series, 6th 2007 Bathurst 1000, 5th 2005 V8 Supercars Development Series, 9th 2011 Bathurst 1000 Twitter: @TonyDalberto
Russell Ingall
Tony D’Alberto
2013 averages Qualifying:
18.1
Race:
17.9
2013 averages Qualifying:
16.8
Race:
18.9
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Erebus Motorsport Car: Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Chassis: Erebus/AMG Customer Sports Engines: Erebus/ AMG Customer Sports Base: Yatala, Queensland Team principal: Betty Klimenko Team manager: David Stuart Race engineer #4: Brad Wischusen Race engineer #9: Chris Stuckey Race engineer #47: Wes McDougall Championships: 3 (2003, 2004, 2005) All titles won as Stone Brothers Racing
#4
#9
Team: IRWIN Racing Date of Birth: February 2, 1983 Born: Brisbane, Queensland Lives: Gold Coast, Queensland V8SC debut: Sandown, 2004 V8SC race wins: 2 Best championship finish: 7th (2010) Other career highlights: 1st 2010 V8 Supercars Race 26 (Sydney), 1st 2007 V8 Supercars Round 8 (Oran Park), 3rd 2009 Bathurst 1000, 8th 2012 V8 Supercars Championship Twitter: @LeeHoldsworth
Team: SP Tools Racing Date of Birth: August 27, 1985 Born: Munich, Germany Lives: Gold Coast, Queensland/Monaco V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2013 V8SC race wins: N/A Best championship finish: N/A Career Highlights: 2nd 2007 British Formula 3 Championship, 5th 2006 British Formula 3 Championship, 12th 2009 DTM season, 6th 2009 DTM Hockenheim Twitter: @MaroEngel
Lee Holdsworth
Maro Engel
2013 averages Qualifying:
20.0
Race:
19.8
2013 averages Qualifying:
23.4
Race:
24.1
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Tim Slade Team: HHA Racing Date of Birth: August 3, 1985 Born: Hornsby, New South Wales Lives: Gold Coast, Queensland V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2009 V8SC race wins: 0 Best Championship finish: 5th (2012) Other career highlights: Pole Position Race 30 2012 V8 Supercars Championship, 2nd 2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship, 7th 2008 V8 Supercars Development Series Twitter: @timslade47
2013 averages Qualifying:
22.3
Race:
20.9
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Ford Performance Racing Car: Ford Falcon FG Chassis: Ford Performance Racing Engines: Ford Performance Racing Base: Campbellfield, Victoria Team principal: Tim Edwards Team manager: Chris O’Toole Race engineer #5: James Small Race engineer #6: Grant McPherson Race engineer #18: Campbell Little Race engineer #55: Nathaniel Osborne Championships: 0
#5
#6
Team: Pepsi Max Crew FPR Date of Birth: May 20, 1981 Born: Sydney, New South Wales Lives: Melbourne, Victoria V8SC debut: Sandown, 2003 V8SC race wins: 21 Best championship finish: 2nd (2008) Other career highlights: 1st 2006 Sandown 500, 1st 2003 V8 Supercars Development Series , 2nd 2008 V8 Supercars Championship, 2nd 2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship Twitter: @MWinterbottom
Team: Pepsi Max Crew FPR Date of Birth: August 30, 1982 Born: Melbourne, Victoria Lives: Melbourne, Victoria V8SC debut: Winton, 2004 V8SC race wins: 15 Best Championship finish: 2nd (2009) Other career highlights: 1st 2009 Bathurst 1000, 1st 2009 Phillip Island 500, 2nd 2009 V8 Supercars Championship, 2001 Australian Formula Ford Champion Twitter: @Will_Davison
Mark Winterbottom
Will Davison
2013 averages Qualifying:
4.9
Race:
10.5
2013 averages Qualifying:
7.1
Race:
7.3
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#55
Team: Team Jeld-Wen Date of Birth: November 3, 1979 Born: Melbourne, Victoria Lives: Gold Coast, Queensland V8SC debut: Sandown, 2004 V8SC race wins: 0 Best championship finish: 11th (2011) Other career highlights: 2004 Australian Carrera Cup Champion, 2nd 2006 & 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, 3rd 1999 Australian Formula Ford Championship Twitter: @alexdavison79
Team: The Bottle-O Racing Date of Birth: July 3, 1985 Born: Albury, NSW Lives: Melbourne, Victoria V8SC debut: Sandown, 2007 V8SC race wins: 0 Best championship finish: 9th (2012) Other career highlights: 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Champion, 2004 Australian Formula Ford Champion, 4th 2008 V8 Supercars Development Series Twitter: @daffidreynolds
Alex Davison
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David Reynolds
2013 averages Qualifying:
13.9
Race:
13.6
2013 averages Qualifying:
14.2
Race:
13.5
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Nissan Motorsport Car: Nissan Altima L33 Chassis: Nissan Motorsport Engines: Nissan Motorsport Base: Braeside, Victoria Team principals: Todd and Rick Kelly Team manager: Rob Crawford Race engineer #7: Perry Kapper Race engineer #15: Erik Pender Race engineer #36: Steven Todkill Race engineer #360: Alex Somerset Championships: 0
#7
#15
Team: Jack Daniel’s Racing Date of Birth: October 9, 1979 Born: Mildura, Victoria Lives: Melbourne, Victoria V8SC debut: Eastern Creek, 1999 V8SC race wins: 19 Best championship finish: 5th (2005) Other career highlights: 1st 2005 Bathurst 1000, 1st 2003 Sandown 500, 2nd 1998 Australian Drivers’ Championship, 2nd 2006 Bathurst 1000, 2nd 2006 Bathurst 1000 Twitter: @toddkellyracing
Team: Jack Daniel’s Racing Date of Birth: January 17, 1983 Born: Mildura, Victoria Lives: Melbourne, Victoria V8SC debut: Queensland, 2001 V8SC race wins: 12 Best championship finish: 9th (2012) Other career highlights: 2006 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 2003 & 2004 Bathurst 1000 , 2001 Australian Drivers’ Champion, 2nd 2000 Australian Formula Ford Championship Twitter: @rickkelly
Todd Kelly
Rick Kelly
2013 averages Qualifying:
19.5
Race:
19.7
2013 averages Qualifying:
17.2
Race:
13.7
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#360
Team: Norton 360 Racing Date of Birth: May 25, 1983 Born: Sydney, New South Wales Lives: Melbourne, Victoria V8SC debut: Bathurst, 2006 V8SC race wins: 1 Best championship finish: 11th (2009, 2010) Other career highlights: 2003 Australian Formula 3 Champion, 3rd 2009 Bathurst 1000, 1st 2009 V8 Supercars Race 10 (Hidden Valley), 2nd 2007 V8 Supercars Development Series Twitter: @michaelcarus0
Team: Norton 360 Racing Date of Birth: June 18, 1984 Born: Melbourne, Victoria Lives: Melbourne Victoria V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 2010 V8SC race wins: 0 Best championship finish: 21st (2012) Other career highlights: 2nd 2009 V8 Development Series, 3rd 2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, 3rd 2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship Twitter: @J_Moffat
Michael Caruso
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James Moffat
2013 averages Qualifying:
18.8
Race:
13.6
2013 averages Qualifying:
17.3
Race:
13.8
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Brad Jones Racing Car: Holden Commodore VF Chassis: Brad Jones Racing Engines: Noonan Race Engineering Base: Albury, Victoria Team principals: Brad and Kim Jones Team manager: Chris Clark Race engineer #8: Andrew Edwards Race engineer #14: Phil Keed Race engineer #21: Julian Stannard Championships: 0
#8
#14
Team: Team BOC Date of Birth: March 7, 1973 Born: Moe, Victoria Lives: Melbourne, Victoria V8SC debut: Symmons Plains, 1997 V8SC race wins: 19 Best Championship finish: 3rd (2001, 2004) Other career highlights: 1st 1998 Bathurst 1000, 1995 Australian Formula Ford Champion, 1997 Australian Drivers’ Champion, 1st 2006 Sandown 500 Twitter: @iJasonBright
Team: Lockwood Racing Date of Birth: July 28, 1982 Born: Burnley, England Lives: Melbourne, Victoria V8SC debut: Oran Park, 2004 V8SC race wins: 3 Best championship finish: 11th (2012) Other career highlights: 2005 Australian Carrera Cup Champion, 2001 NZ Formula Ford Champion, 3rd 2004 Australian Carrera Cup, 4th 2000 NZ Formula Ford Championship Twitter: @FabianCoulthard
Jason Bright
Fabian Coulthard
2013 averages Qualifying:
8.8
Race:
7.4
2013 averages Qualifying:
3.3
Race:
7.4
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David Wall Team: Wilson Security Racing Date of Birth: January 1, 1983 Born: Sydney, NSW Lives: Sydney, NSW V8SC debut: Sandown, 2009 V8SC race wins: 0 Best championship finish: 25th (2012) Other career highlights: 2009 & 2010 Australian GT Champion, 3rd 2007 Australian GT Championship, 11th 2011 V8 Supercars Development Series Twitter: -
2013 averages Qualifying:
16.6
Race:
19.1
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Dick Johnson Racing Car: Ford Falcon FG Chassis: Pace Innovations/FPR Engines: InnoV8 Race Engines Base: Yatala, Queensland Team principal: Dick Johnson Team manager: Richard Swan Race engineer #12: Adam De Borre Race engineer #17: Mark Fenning Championships: 7 (1981, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1995, 2010)
#12
#17
Team: Dick Johnson Racing Date of Birth: April 10, 1992 Born: Melbourne, Victoria Lives: Brisbane, Queensland V8SC debut: Barbagallo, 2013 V8SC race wins: 0 Best championship finish: Career highlights: 2010 Australian Formula Ford Champion, 3rd 2012 V8 Supercars Development Series, 6th 2011 V8 Supercars Development Series Twitter: @ChazMostert
Team: Dick Johnson Racing Date of Birth: June 30, 1987 Born: Melbourne, Victoria Lives: Melbourne, Victoria V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 2010 V8SC race wins: 0 Best championship finish: 32nd (2012) Other career highlights: 1st 2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship, 2nd 2008 British Formula Ford Championship, 5th 2011 V8 Development Series Twitter: @TimBlanchard3
Chaz Mostert
Tim Blanchard
2013 averages Qualifying:
15.0
Race:
14.3
2013 averages Qualifying:
25.1
Race:
21.1
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Tekno Autosports Car: Holden Commodore VF Chassis: Triple Eight Engines: KRE Base: Stapylton, Queensland Team principal: Jonathon Webb Team manager: Bruce Jenkins Race engineer #19: Dr Geoff Slater Race engineer #97: Blake Smith Championships: 0
#19
#97
Team: Tekno Autosports Date of Birth: December 10, 1983 Born: Castle Hill, New South Wales Lives: Gold Coast, Queensland V8SC debut: Sandown, 2006 V8SC race wins: 1 Best championship finish: 12th (2012) Other career highlights: 1st 2009 V8 Supercars Development Series, 3rd 2005 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, 2010 V8 Supercars Race 26 winner Twitter: @JonathonWebb
Team: VIP Petfoods Racing Date of Birth: May 9, 1989 Born: Auckland, New Zealand Lives: Gold Coast, Queensland V8SC debut: Oran Park, 2007 V8SC race wins: 3 Best championship finish: 6th (2012) Other career highlights: 1st 2011 ITM400 Hamilton (Race 6), 1st 2011 Skycity Triple Crown (Race 12), 2005/06 NZ FFord Champion, 2nd 2006/07 Toyota Racing Series Twitter: @shanevg91
Jonathon Webb
Shane van Gisbergen
2013 averages Qualifying:
13.1
Race:
10.9
2013 averages Qualifying:
7.9
Race:
8.6
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Garry Rogers Motorsport Car: Holden Commodore VF Chassis: Garry Rogers Motorsport Engines: Walkinshaw Racing Base: Knoxfield, Victoria Team principal: Garry Rogers Team manager: Dean Cowling Race engineer #33: Richard Hollway Race engineer #34: Manuel Sanchez Championships: 0
#33
#34
Team: Fujitsu Racing Date of Birth: June 10, 1993 Born: Christchurch, New Zealand Lives: Melbourne, Victoria V8SC debut: Sandown, 2012 V8SC race wins: 0 Best championship finish: 33rd (2012) Other career highlights: 1st 2012 V8 Supercars Development Series, 1st 2012 New Zealand V8 SuperTourer Series, 4th 2011 V8 Supercars Development Series Twitter: @smclaughlin93
Team: Fujitsu Racing Date of Birth: April 5, 1982 Born: Juvisy-sur-Orge, France Lives: Melbourne, Victoria V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2012 V8SC race wins: 0 Best championship finish: 27th (2012) Other career highlights: 2008 Le Mans Series Champion, 1st 2005-06 A1 GP Series (Team France), 1st 2004 Macau Grand Prix, 1st 2004 Masters of Formula 3 Twitter: @AlexandrePremat
Scott McLaughlin
Alexandre Premat
2013 averages Qualifying:
8.8
Race:
13.4
2013 averages Qualifying:
14.1
Race:
16.3
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Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Car: Holden Commodore VF Chassis: Triple Eight Engines: KRE Base: Nunawading, Victoria Team principal: Lucas Dumbrell Team manager: Greg Wooster Race engineer #80: Brendan Hogan Race engineer #88: David Cauchi Championships: 0
#80
#88
Team: Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Date of Birth: January 1990 Born: Mount Gambier, South Australia Lives: Melbourne, Victoria V8SC debut: Sandown, 2012 V8SC race wins: 0 Best championship finish: 56th (2012) Other career highlights: 2nd 2012 V8 Supercars Development Series 2010 British Formula Ford Champion, 3rd 2009 Australian Formula Ford Championship Twitter: @scottpye19
Team: Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Date of Birth: December 1, 1983 Born: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Lives: Gold Coast, Queensland V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2009 V8SC race wins: 0 Best championship finish: 19th (2012) Other career highlights: 2nd 2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, 4th 2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship, 5th 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship Twitter: @deanfiore
Scott Pye
Dean Fiore
2013 averages Qualifying:
20.0
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19.6
2013 averages Qualifying:
19.2
Race:
18.4
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2013 SEASON STATISTICS Race wins: Jamie Whincup (6), Fabian Coulthard (4), Jason Bright (2), Craig Lowndes (2), Shane van Gisbergen (1), Will Davison (1). Podiums: Jamie Whincup (12), Fabian Coulthard (8), Craig Lowndes (8), Jason Bright (5), Mark Winterbottom (4), Will Davison (3), Shane van Gisbergen (3), Garth Tander (3), James Courtney (1), Scott McLaughlin (1). Fastest laps: Mark Winterbottom (4), Fabian Coulthard (3), Jason Bright (4), Craig Lowndes (2), Shane van Gisbergen (2), Jamie Whincup (1). Pole positions: Jamie Whincup (8), Shane van Gisbergen (2), Jason Bright (3), Mark Winterbottom (1), Fabian Coulthard (2).
Drivers’ Points
Teams’ Points
Pos
Driver
Total
Pos
Driver
Total
1
Jamie Whincup
1217
1
Red Bull Racing Australia
2292
2
Craig Lowndes
1075
2
Brad Jones Racing
1944
3
Will Davison
1004
3
Pepsi Max Crew FPR Ford
1890
4
Fabian Coulthard
954
4
Holden Racing Team
1728
5
Jason Bright
945
5
Tekno Autosports
1690
6
Shane Van Gisbergen
907
6
Fujitsu Racing GRM
1268
7
Garth Tander
888
7
Norton 360 Racing
1087
8
Mark Winterbottom
861
8
Jack Daniel’s Racing
994
9
James Courtney
825
9
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
865
10
Jonathon Webb
768
10
Erebus Motorsport
699
11
Scott McLaughlin
695
11
Jeld-wen FPR Ford
634
12
Rick Kelly
651
12
The Bottle-O FPR Ford
619
13
James Moffat
638
13
Team HIFLEX
504
14
David Reynolds
619
14
Supercheap Auto Racing
483
619
15
Wilson Security Racing (21)
435
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Alexandre Premat
558
16
Wilson Security Racing (17)
414
17
Russell Ingall
520
17
Wilson Security Racing (12)
401
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Dean Fiore
498
18
Heavy Haulage Australia Racing
391
19
Tony D’Alberto
489
20
Lee Holdsworth
451
21
David Wall
435
22
Michael Caruso
419
23
Tim Blanchard
399
24
Tim Slade
391
25
Scott Pye
367
26
Todd Kelly
303
27
Chaz Mostert
252
28
Maro Engel
198
29
Jonny Reid
149
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Previous Hidden Valley ATCC/V8SC Winners Year
Driver
Team
Car
2012
Craig Lowndes
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Holden Commodore VEII
Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Holden Commodore VEII
Shane van Gisbergen
Stone Brothers Racing
Ford Falcon FG
Rick Kelly
Jack Daniel’s Racing
Holden Commodore VE II
Jamie Whincup
TeamVodafone
Holden Commodore VE
Mark Winterbottom
Ford Performance Racing
Ford Falcon FG
Michael Caruso
Garry Rogers Motorsport
Holden Commodore VE
Jamie Whincup
TeamVodafone
Ford Falcon FG
Steven Richards
Ford Performance Racing
Ford Falcon BF
Garth Tander
Toll Holden Racing Team
Holden Commodore VE
Mark Winterbottom
Ford Performance Racing
Ford Falcon BF
Craig Lowndes
TeamVodafone
Ford Falcon BF
Craig Lowndes
TeamVodafone
Ford Falcon BF
Mark Skaife
Holden Racing Team
Holden Commodore VE
Craig Lowndes
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Ford Falcon BA
Jason Bright
Ford Performance Racing
Ford Falcon BA (Reverse Grid)
Mark Skaife
Holden Racing Team
Holden Commodore VZ
Garth Tander
HSV Dealer Team
Holden Commodore VZ
Todd Kelly
Holden Racing Team
Holden Commodore VZ
Todd Kelly
Holden Racing Team
Holden Commodore VZ
Todd Kelly
Holden Racing Team
Holden Commodore VY
Rick Kelly
Kmart Racing
Holden Commodore VY
Russell Ingall
Stone Brothers Racing
Ford Falcon BA
Marcos Ambrose
Stone Brothers Racing
Ford Falcon BA
Marcos Ambrose
Stone Brothers Racing
Ford Falcon BA
Mark Skaife
Holden Racing Team
Holden Commodore VY
Mark Skaife
Holden Racing Team
Holden Commodore VX
Mark Skaife
Holden Racing Team
Holden Commodore VX
Jason Bright
Holden Racing Team
Holden Commodore VX
Mark Skaife
Holden Racing Team
Holden Commodore VX
Kmart Racing
Holden Commodore VX
Castrol Perkins Racing
Holden Commodore VX
Garth Tander
Garry Rogers Motorsport
Holden Commodore VT
Mark Skaife
Holden Racing Team
Holden Commodore VT
Mark Skaife
Holden Racing Team
Holden Commodore VT
Jason Bright
Stone Brothers Racing
Ford Falcon AU
Russell Ingall
Castrol Perkins Racing
Holden Commodore VT
Russell Ingall
Castrol Perkins Racing
Holden Commodore VT
Russell Ingall
Castrol Perkins Racing
Holden Commodore VT
Russell Ingall
Castrol Perkins Racing
Holden Commodore VT
Craig Lowndes
Holden Racing Team
Holden Commodore VT
2011 2010 2009 2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
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Recent ATCC/V8SC Champions Year
Driver
Team
Car
1980
Peter Brock
Marlboro Holden Dealer Team
Holden Commodore VB
1981
Dick Johnson
Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Falcon XD
1982
Dick Johnson
Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Falcon XD
1983
Allan Moffat
Peter Stuyvesant Racing
Mazda RX-7
1984
Dick Johnson
Dick Johnson Racing
Ford XE Falcon
1985
Jim Richards
JPS Team BMW
BMW 635CSi
1986
Robbie Francevic
Volvo Dealer Team
Volvo 240T
1987
Jim Richards
JPS Team BMW
BMW M3 E30
1988
Dick Johnson
Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Sierra RS500
1989
Dick Johnson
Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Sierra RS500
1990
Jim Richards
Gibson Motor Sport
Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R, R32 GT-R
1991
Jim Richards
Gibson Motor Sport
Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
1992
Mark Skaife
Winfield Team Nissan
Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
1993
Glenn Seton
Glenn Seton Racing
Ford Falcon EB
1994
Mark Skaife
Gibson Motor Sport
Holden Commodore VP
1995
John Bowe
Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Falcon EF
1996
Craig Lowndes
Holden Racing Team
Holden Commodore VR
1997
Glenn Seton
Glenn Seton Racing
Ford Falcon EL
1998
Craig Lowndes
Holden Racing Team
Holden Commodore VS/VT
1999
Craig Lowndes
Holden Racing Team
Holden Commodore VS/VT
2000
Mark Skaife
Holden Racing Team
Holden Commodore VT
2001
Mark Skaife
Holden Racing Team
Holden Commodore VX
2002
Mark Skaife
Holden Racing Team
Holden Commodore VX
2003
Marcos Ambrose
Stone Brothers Racing
Ford Falcon BA
2004
Marcos Ambrose
Stone Brothers Racing
Ford Falcon BA
2005
Russell Ingall
Stone Brothers Racing
Ford Falcon BA
2006
Rick Kelly
Toll HSV Dealer Team
Holden Commodore VZ
2007
Garth Tander
Toll HSV Dealer Team
Holden Commodore VE
2008
Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Ford Falcon BF
2009
Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Ford Falcon FG
2010
James Courtney
Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Falcon FG
2011
Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Holden Commodore VE
2012
Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Holden Commodore VE
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Schedule of Events Friday Start 0800
Finish 0830
0840 0910 0940 1025 1105 1125
0900 0930 1010 1055 1120 1145
1200 1240 1305 1335 1415 1440 1515 1555 1613 1630 1705 1725
1230 1300 1320 1405 1435 1500 1545 1612 1630 1700 1720 1740
1745
Category Imp. Prod/Commodore Cup/HQ V8 Utes Touring Car Masters Formula 3 V8 Supercars Demonstration events Imp. Prod/Commodore Cup/HQ V8 Supercars V8 Utes Demonstration events V8 Supercars Touring Car Masters Formula 3 V8 Supercars V8 Utes Touring Car Masters V8 Supercars V8TV Session Safety & Course Car Rides V8 Supercars
Saturday
Duration Session 30 Minutes Practice 20 Minutes 20 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 15 minutes 20 minutes
Practice 1 Practice 1 Practice 1 Practice – Part 1
30 minutes 20 minutes 15 minutes 30 minutes 20 minutes 20 minutes 30 minutes 17 minutes 17 minutes 30 minutes 15 minutes 15 minutes
Practice – Part 2 Practice 2
Qualifying
Practice – Part 3 Practice 2 Practice 2 Practice – Part 4 Meeting Rides Meeting Rides Meeting Rides
Drivers & Competitors Briefing
Saturday Start 0805
Finish Category 0825 Safety & Course Car Rides 0900 V8 Utes 0930 Formula 3 0955 Imp. Prod/Commodore Cup/HQ ytiru1025 ceS enO-nI-llA Touring Car Masters 1050 Demonstration Events 1120 V8 Supercars 1150 V8 Utes 1215 Imp. Prod/Commodore Cup/HQ 1245 Formula 3 1325 V8 Supercars 1345 Demonstration Events 1410 Touring Car Masters 1440 V8 Utes V8 Supercars
Duration 20 minutes
Session
s0830 rentrap munitalp du30ominutes rp ruO Qualifying 0910 0940 1005 1030 1100 1130 1205 1225 1255 1330 1350 1420 1450
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Start 1455
Finish Category V8 Supercars 1500 V8 Supercars
1510
V8 Supercars
PFR + 12 mins
V8 Supercars
PFR + 15 mins PFR + 18 mins
V8 Supercars
Pit Exit Closed
V8 Supercars
21 laps or Second Half Race one lap after 17 1641 Podium
Sunday Start 0805 0830 0900 0930 0955 1020 1050 1110 1135 1150 1220 1255 1300 1305 1315
Qualifying Race 1
12 Laps 30 minutes 15 minutes 12 laps
Race 1 Top Ten Shootout
1420 1450 1525 1530
Race 1
1545
14 laps
Race 2 20 Minute Signal
Qualifying Race 1 Race 2
Session Pit Exit Open Pit Exit Closed
21 laps or First Half Race 17 one lap after 1544 Pit Exit Open
V8 Supercars
20 minutes 8 Laps/15 minutes 20 minutes 20 minutes 20 minutes 12 Laps 8 Laps
Qualifying
Duration
Finish Category 0825 Safety & Course Car Rides 0850 Formula 3 0920 V8 Utes 0945 Imp. Prod/Commodore Cup/HQ 1010 V8 Supercars 1035 V8 Supercars 1105 Demonstration Events 1130 Touring Car Masters 1145 Drivers’ Harley Parade 1210 V8 Utes 1245 Formula 3 V8 Supercars
Duration 20 minutes
Session
12 Laps 12 Laps 8 Laps
Race 2 Race 3 Race 3
15 minutes 15 minutes 15 minutes 12 laps 10 minutes 12 laps 14 Laps
Qualifying Qualifying
V8 Supercars V8 Supercars
1440 1510
1535
Race 2 Race 4 Race 3 20 Minute Signal Pit Exit Open Pit Exit Closed Race 18 – 100km
35 laps or one lap after 1405 Touring Car Masters 12 laps Race 3 Demonstration Events 20 minutes V8 Supercars 20 Minute Signal V8 Supercars Pit Exit Open V8 Supercars Pit Exit Closed V8 Supercars
V8 Supercars
35 Laps or 1 lap after 1635
Race 19 - 100km
Podium
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